Hi guys! Today I'll be sharing my Valentine's Day mani with you. I know, I know... it's been quite a while since Valentine's Day, but I never shared good pictures of it with you. Anyway, here they are now, I hope you like them.
So, I started off with a blush pink polish as my base. I chose a rose image, and picked it up with my stamper. Next, I did some reverse stamping and filled in the image with red and green polish. I let that dry a bit, and then transferred it onto my nail. I repeated this step until I had the image on all of my nails. Once everything dried, I applied some top coat.
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I like how these turned out, I hope you do too. As always, thank you for stopping by and until next time.
-Ana
Products Used:
Blush Pink: China Glaze "Wanderlust"
Red: Lavish Polish "Crazy Tracy"
Green: Supernatural Lacquer "The Call"
Top Coat: Seche Vite
Black Stamping Polish: Beauty Big Bang 002 (SKU: J6415TM-2A)
Medium Clear Jelly Stamper: Born Pretty Store item #26498
Rose Stamping Plate: Born Pretty Store item #20790 (BP-73)
Manicure Saver Cotton Claw Tool: Born Pretty Store item #32220
Peel-Off Latex: Proclaim Professional Care Hair Glue from Sally Beauty
*Past Press Samples: Lavish Polish "Crazy Tracy"; Beauty Big Bang Black Stamping Polish; Born Pretty Store Medium Clear Jelly Stamper, Rose Stamping Plate, Manicure Saver Cotton Claw Tool.
Happy Sunday everyone, I hope you're all enjoying your weekend. Today I have a recreation of a recent mani by Robin Moses. Nora got a group of us together to recreate Robin's Romantic Pink Hearts mani, she has a video on YouTube in case you want to see it and give it a try (click here to watch it). I'm so glad Nora thought of this, it was so nice to be a part of it. Also, it got me using acrylic paint again, something I hadn't done in such a long time. A big thanks to Nora for bringing us together, and to Robin for inspiring us to try out some new designs. Here's the collage Nora put together for us.
For my mani, I started off with a sheer nude base. Once that dried, I added a layer of top coat because I decided to use some nail vinyls to achieve a nice "V" shape. I let the top coat dry for around 15 minutes to be on the safe side, and stuck on the vinyls, then I applied the red polish. I did one nail at a time, so I took off the vinyl right after applying the red polish. The next step was adding the gold lines, so I did that using some acrylic paint. Then, I mixed some gold and green paint and painted on the leaves. With white and pink paint, I added in the hearts. The last thing to do was to add top coat.
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I really like how it turned out. It's such a pretty design, and perfect for the upcoming Valentine's Day festivities. The rest of the participants did such a wonderful job. We were all inspired by the same mani, and we each made it our own. I have all the participants listed below so you can see their solo shots if you'd like.
Participants: Nora - Isha - Karin - Sheily - Gigi - Shannon - Tricia
Well, I hope you guys enjoyed this collab. As always, thank you for stopping by. Until next time.
-Ana
Products Used:
Sheer Nude: Wet N Wild "2% Milk"
Red: Lavish Polish "Crazy Tracy"
Top Coat: Seche Vite
Single Chevron Vinyls: Unknown
*Past Press Sample: Lavish Polish "Crazy Tracy".
*Giveaway Prize: Single Chevron Vinyls.
